Tradewinds

So women are taking pole dancing classes as a form of exercise now. This is it guys, we win. We win!

Back in November, I completed my first trade with Nomo's Sushi Platter. Because it was so long ago, I've lost my original witty banter I had planned out for each card. As a result, I will follow each picture with a quote from someone who actually gets paid to make you laugh. Enjoy.


2011 Topps Update Bobby Parnell "Gold" #/2,011
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.'"- George Carlin


1970 Topps Jerry Koosman & 1975 Topps Jon Matlock
"The only thing better than the cutest kitty in the world is any dog."- Daniel Tosh


2007 Masterpieces Mike Piazza & 2008 SP Authentic David Wright
"Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect."- Steven Wright

2011 Allen & Ginter Mike Nickeas "Bazooka Back" Mini #/25
"If I had a dime for every time a homeless person asked me for change, I'd still say no."- Bo Burnam

Nomo, thanks again for the trade!

(...Joe)

Breaking News! Puppy Bowl Lineups Revealed!

Ok, so it's not so breaking since this happened 3 days ago but still, it's the Puppy Bowl!!!

Starting Lineup!

Fun fact: Easiest way to pick a fight in a bar, on Super Bowl Sunday walk up to the bartender, proudly and loudly ask them to put the Puppy Bowl on. Guaranteed someone takes a swing at you.

(...Joe)

Completed Team Set- 2011 Finest

I haven't logged into blogger in a week because I've been:
Plotting to destroy the world
Really productive and taking great strides both professionally and personally
Busy

Yeah, let's just uhh...let's just go with busy.

Set size- 3 Cards
SP- None
All Stars- 1
David Wright
MVPs- None
Cy Youngs- None
HOF- None (David Wright is still active)
RC-1
Dillon Gee

Best Picture- Ike Davis


How Acquired- Purchased from Community Gum's case break



(...Joe)

Two New Gold Piazzas

Gold:
-Carries the element symbol AU, which derives from the Latin word for gold "aurum".
-It resides on the periodic table with an atomic number of 79 and has a hardness of 2.5 on Moh's scale of mineral hardness.
-Highly conductive of electricity, gold can often be found in electrical components.
-The current price of gold is $1,659.26 USD per troy ounce as of today at 9:54 EST.

No jokes today. I'm just dropping some fucking knowledge.

The other week, I saw a 2003 Danbury Mint Piazza on ebay which, quite honestly, I knew nothing about. It was all gold looking but mostly importantly, it was shiny. Very shiny. I like that. Shiny makes me happy. Like, really happy.

Usually, if I don't know anything about a card, I'll pass it up until I can find some more info on it, but this had zero bids at .99 cents with $1.50 for shipping, so I figured why the hell not. I put a max bid of $3 and then we played the waiting game. Ultimately, I lost. But about a week later I had a message form the seller asking if I as still interested in buying the card for $3. I said "yes sir, please and thank you" and the card is now mine!


Is till don't know too much about these cards. From what I've gathered is that they are printed on 22k gold backed paper, are only available through a subscription with the Danbury Mint and that the cards take really shitty pictures.The card came in it's own little plastic case witch is juuuuust too big to fit inside of a 9-pocket page.

The second gold Piazza I won within the same week and I found it just doing a random search on ebay. Another $3 pick up, a 1997 Stadium Club "Pure Gold 'Members Only'".


The normal "Pure Gold" inserts are seeded 1:72 but these fancy "Members Only" parallels are only distributed to Stadium Club members! What makes this card soooo different and special?! On the card back the words "Members Only" are printed lightly in the background.

...

yeah.

Wanna know the pathetic thing? I'll still be on the lookout for the regular "Pure Gold" version.

sigh

(...Joe)

A Box of 2011 Leaf Pete Rose Legacy

Saturday to do list:
- Clean up office
- Clean out truck
- Be awesome
- Kill Nickleback

I was awarded a couple boxes for my birthday last month and I haven't gotten around to posting any of them until now. I'll start off with a bang and do the best of the bunch, a box of 2011 Leaf Pete Rose Legacy!

My LCS has boxes for $82 and each box guarantees an auto and 5 base cards. I know there are Pete Rose collectors out there so I picked it up with the hopes that someone would be interested in trading. Leaf has been coming out with some real interesting stuff lately, and if I had a vote to let someone else enter the licensed world of baseball cards, I'd give it to them.

The base set is 60 cards strong, I believe, and like any other set whose focus is of a single player (think 1959 Fleer Ted Williams) it can be rather uninspiring at times. I'll start off with what base I obtained...




Each card comes in a toploader with a penny sleeve. Nice touch. But now on to the real reason why you would buy a box of this...


"Hit King" Inscription/Relic auto #/10!


Pretty cool. There are all kinds of crazy inscriptions ranging from "Hit King" and "3 Time Gold Glove" to weird "Rose-isms". The relics can be either bat pieces, jersey pieces or patches. I think I did pretty well for myself and I'm glad I picked it up. Now, if anyone wants to trade, these are all up on the market. Leave a comment or shoot me an email, thanks!

(...Joe)

1964 Topps Coins Eddie Mathews

Went to see "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" last night. Dude, she's like Batman, but way more badass!

Inching ever so closer to finishing this set off. I bought this coin about a month or so ago (2 points for unintentional rhyming) but with the coins I picked up earlier this week, I'm down to needing 59 to completion! Unfortunately, 2 of those 59 are Mantles, but they can be had for around $50 combined, so it's doable.


Being a HOFer I had to deal with some inflated prices until I was able to find this one for $6 shipped. Initially I passed up a couple because of the smudge on the top of Matthews head, but it seems that they were all printed that way, I've yet to see one without it.

So that's all, just a quickie for today!

(...Joe)

My Only Hobby Related Goal for 2012

The only hobby related goal I have for myself this year, is to comment more on everyones posts. I catch myself way too often reading a post, making a comment to myself and then later wondering why I didn't actually LEAVE a comment.

Obviously, I have other cardboard "goals" for myself, but those are so subjective to my current collecting mood and funding that I can't say "I want this done by then" or "I want this many cards by then".

Anyways, Happy New Year to everyone! I'll do a quick post on my excursion in the city once my girlfriend emails me the pictures.

(...Joe)